Oeestes cleveland



0. CLEVELAND.

Improvement in Packing-Boards for Pencils.

No. 132,562. Patented Oct. 29,1872.

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HWPRQVEMENT IN PACKING-BOARDS FOR PENCILS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 132,562, dated October29, 1872.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Onnsrns CLEVELAND, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and ImprovedPacking-Boards for Pencils, of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figures 1, 2, and 3 are end views ofpencil-packages as usually made. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and? are end views ofpencil-packages of my invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention has for its object to produce a compact and symmetricalpackage of leadpencils, pen-holders, crayons, or similar articles, whoseintegrity will not be destroyed by the removal of one or a few of thepencils or other articles constituting the package.

The packages herein referred to contain, or are intended to contain, adozen or any number of pencils or holders, and are at present usuallymade up in one of the forms illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. In thepackage shown in Fig. 1 there are three rows of pencils, A A, withintervening layers a of thin wood, strawboard, or paper. These packagesare tied at the ends with pieces of twine to keep them together and inshape, and are usually of nearly rectangular cross-section, and adaptedto holding prismatic pencils or sticks.

Another method, illustrated in Fig. 2, is to make the package, tied atboth ends with twine, snug, by arranging the pencils in rows containing,respectively, two, three, four, and three pieces. Round pencils are alsooften put up, as shown in Fig. 3, and tied at both ends with twine.

The dificulty with these methods are twofold. For if, first, a pencil isremoved for sale, the package is destroyed, and the retail dealer willhave a lot of loose pencils in the showcase, the twine and label beinguseless for holding the package in shape; while, secondly, the packageby the stated method does not present surface enough to admitof a wideand attractive label for show. I overcome these difficulties byinserting a piece of wood or other material between the pencils thatconstitute a package, the inserted piece being grooved for each pencilto hold it firm independent of the other pencils. The inserted piecealso serves to enlarge the package so as to produce a large surface forthe admission of a showy label.

The inserted piece B may be of the form shown in either of the Figs. 4:,5, 6, and 7. If used for prismatic pencils,its grooves or channels maybe shaped to correspond with the outlines of the pencils. The piece Bmay be inserted in the center of the package, so as not to show at theend, or it may be in two or more parts in every package, as may bedesired. By pasting around the package a strip of damp paper, andpasting the end, the paper, when it dries, will draw the pencils snugagainst the block.

- One of the principal advantages of my plan of packing, and of greatvalue to the small trade, is, that it enables the retailer to withdrawseveral pencils from a package without losing the use of the label forshow, the package still retaining its shape.

The invention can be applied to packages of more or less than a dozen ofpencils by increasing-or reducing the number of grooves accordingly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim I as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- .The grooved block or piece B, arranged forholding pencils, pen-holders, &c., in a pack age, as set forth.

ORESTES CLEVELAND.

Witnesess A. V. BRIESEN, '1. B. MOSHER.

